2017 Cal Poly Men's Soccer Headlines

The Cal Poly men’s soccer team strengthened both its attack and defense for future seasons on Wednesday afternoon with the announcement from fourth-year head coach Steve Sampson and the Mustang Athletics Department that the program has signed three Major League Soccer academy players to National Letters of Intent.

Doerr Family Field, a “labor of love for all of us in the Cal Poly community,” according to Mustang Director of Athletics Don Oberhelman, was officially opened Friday afternoon with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

With Kip Colvey seeking to become the first former Cal Poly men’s soccer player to appear in a FIFA World Cup, his native New Zealand Men’s National Team fell at Peru 2-0 Wednesday evening in the second leg of the OFC-CONMEBOL Inter-confederation playoff.

Seniors Adam Olsen and Kaba Alkebulan both found the back of the UC Santa Barbara net in their final matches at Alex G. Spanos Stadium as the Cal Poly men’s soccer program, in front of a sellout crowd of 11,075 fans – the 14th largest regular season crowd figure in NCAA history and the largest crowd to see a collegiate match in 2017 – scored four unanswered goals to rout the Gauchos, 4-1.

For the seventh straight season and eighth time overall in the history of the Cal Poly men’s soccer program, the team’s home matchup versus Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara – scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 28 – will be a sellout. The announcement by the Cal Poly Athletics Department that all 11,075 seats at Alex G. Spanos Stadium are accounted for was made early Thursday afternoon and more than 48 hours prior to the scheduled 7 p.m. kickoff.

In a matchup confirmed a sellout more than two days before the Cal Poly men’s soccer program kicks off against Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara, the Mustangs will close the 2017 season on Saturday, Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Senior defender Adam Olsen’s 43rd-minute penalty conversion leveled Saturday’s scoreline heading into halftime for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program, but Sacramento State scored four times without reply in the second half as the Mustangs fell at Hornet Field, 5-1.

Five goals were scored during the final 18 minutes of action between the Cal Poly men’s soccer program and UC Davis on Wednesday afternoon, but it was junior forward Sean Goode’s team-leading fourth goal of 2017 that was the decisive blow as the Mustangs prevailed for a 3-2, overtime victory at Aggie Soccer Field.

Four regular season matches remain for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program, which looks to climb back into the Big West Conference Tournament picture when visiting UC Davis on Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. and Sacramento State on Saturday, Oct. 21 at 3 p.m.

Junior goalkeeper Simon Boehme produced three saves Saturday evening as the Cal Poly men’s soccer program furthered its unbeaten run at UC Santa Barbara’s Harder Stadium to a fourth straight year with a scoreless draw in front of 10,293 fans – the 21st largest crowd figure in NCAA regular season history.

The Cal Poly men’s soccer program looks to bridge a seven-point gap in the Big West Conference North Division standings as the Mustangs open the 2017 Blue-Green rivalry series with UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Oct. 14. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Harder Stadium with action televised live on Fox Prime Ticket. Cal Poly’s 3-2, overtime home loss to Sacramento State on Wednesday left the Mustangs (5-8-0, 1-4-0) on three points in the Big West North Division standings.

First-half goals from senior defender Adam Olsen and junior forward Sean Goode provided the Cal Poly men’s soccer program a brief lead Wednesday evening versus Sacramento State, but the Hornets found the equalizer in the 69th minute and the match winner in the 105th as the Mustangs dropped a 3-2 decision inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Six games remain in the regular season for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program, which looks to climb back into the Big West Conference Tournament picture when hosting Sacramento State on Wednesday, Oct. 11 before opening the 2017 Blue-Green rivalry series at UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, Oct. 14. Both matches kick off at 7 p.m.

Junior forward Jared Pressley became the eighth different Mustang to find the back of the opposition net in 2017, but the Cal Poly men’s soccer program couldn’t bridge an early two-goal deficit and dropped a 3-1 decision to UC Irvine inside Anteater Stadium on Thursday afternoon.

Winners of five of its last six matches, the Cal Poly men’s soccer program plays its first Big West Conference road matches of the season when visiting UC Irvine on Thursday, Oct. 5 at 4:30 p.m. and CSUN on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m.

Senior forward Kaba Alkebulan opened the scoring Thursday evening, junior forward Jose Rivera found the match-winning goal 10 minutes from full time and senior forward Tyler Savitsky capped the Cal Poly men’s soccer team’s 3-1 Big West Conference-opening victory with an 87th-minute goal as the Mustangs matched a program record with their fifth straight win.

The Cal Poly men’s soccer program closes a four-match home stand and opens its 17th season of Big West Conference action when welcoming UC Riverside (Thursday, Sept. 28) and Cal State Fullerton (Saturday, Sept. 30) to Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Both matches kick off at 7 p.m. for Cal Poly (4-4-0), which takes a four-match winning streak – the program’s lengthiest run since winning four consecutive from Aug. 31-Sept. 11, 2014 – into its Thursday Big West opener.

Seeking its first three-match winning streak in two years, the Cal Poly men’s soccer program opens a four-game home stand and completes Big West Conference preparations when hosting Cal State Bakersfield on Saturday, Sept. 23 and Portland on Monday, Sept. 25. Saturday’s match versus Cal State Bakersfield (2-4-0) will kick off at 11 a.m. at Paso Robles Horse Park (Paso Robles, Calif.) before Cal Poly (2-4-0) returns to Alex G. Spanos Stadium on Monday to face Portland (4-2-0) at 7 p.m.

Two days after chalking up three saves during a 1-0 victory at San Diego State to record his second successive clean sheet, Cal Poly men’s soccer junior goalkeeper Simon Boehme earned his first career Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week honor.

Senior forward Adam Olsen’s 14th minute headed goal stood as the difference Saturday evening as the Cal Poly men’s soccer program produced its first non-conference road victory in nearly two years with a 1-0 triumph versus San Diego State at the SDSU Sports Deck.

Six days after securing its first victory of 2017, the Cal Poly men’s soccer program visits San Diego State on Saturday, Sept. 16 in its final non-conference road match of the regular season. Kickoff at San Diego State’s SDSU Sports Deck is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Junior defender Nick Carroll’s first career goal in his 34th collegiate match was the difference Sunday afternoon for the Cal Poly men’s soccer program as the Mustangs produced a 1-0, home-opening victory versus Saint Mary’s inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium.